Dr. Denis O'Hora Ph.D., M. Phil., B.A.
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Biography:
| Denis O'Hora graduated from University College Cork in 1998. He began his postgraduate work at UCC before moving to the National University of Ireland Maynooth in 1999 to complete his studies with the support of a Government of Ireland Scholarship. In 2002, he took up a lecturing post in London Metropolitan University where he worked for a year before being appointed as a lecturer in behaviour analysis at the University of Ulster. During his time at UU, he was part of the course team that developed the first Masters in Applied Behaviour Analysis on the island of Ireland, which was supported by an International Development grant from the Society for the Advancement of Behaviour Analysis (SABA). He was also awarded a Crucible fellowship by NESTA, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts for his work promoting psychology. He was appointed to his post in the National University of Ireland, Galway in January, 2007. He is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), a member of the international Association for Behaviour Analysis (ABA) a member of the Division of Behaviour Analysis in the Psychological Society of Ireland (PsSI) and a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS). |
Research Interests
| My research interests are relational learning and behavior dynamics. I conduct basic, translational and applied research in these topics. My work is applied to the enhancement of educational interventions for children with autism or other developmental disabilities and to the development of organizational interventions to improve organizational performance and to reduce workplace injuries. Specific research themes are listed below. Relational Learning
Behavior Dynamics |
Book Chapters
| O'Hora, D., Maglieri, K. A., Tammemagi, T. (2013) 'Putting Relational Frame Theory to Work: Current and Future RFT Research in Organizational Behavior Management' In: Advances in Relational Frame Theory & Contextual Behavioral Science: Research & Application. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger. [Details] |
| Stewart, I.; Roche, B.; O’Hora, D.; Tarbox, J. (2013) 'Education, intellectual development, and relational frame theory' In: Advances in Relational Frame Theory & Contextual Behavioral Science: Research & Application. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger. [Details] |
| Tarbox, J., Tarbox, R. & O'Hora, D. (2009) 'Non-relational and relational instructional control' In: R. A. Rehfeldt & Y. Barnes-Holmes (eds). Derived relational responding: Applications for children with autism and other developmental disorders. CA: New Harbinger. [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2002) 'Behavioural Psychology and the Problem of Verbal Control' In: Sharpe, T (eds). National University of Ireland Maynooth Research Yearbook. Chicago, U. S. A: [Details] |
| Barnes-Holmes, D., Hayes, S. C., Dymond, S., & O'Hora, D. (2001) 'Multiple Stimulus Relations and the Transformation of Stimulus Functions' In: S.C. Hayes, D. Barnes-Holmes, & B. T. Roche (eds). Relational Frame Theory: A Post-Skinnerian Account of Human Language and Cognition. New York: Plenum. [Details] |
| Barnes-Holmes, D., O'Hora, D., Roche, B., Hayes, S. C., Bisset, R. T., & Lyddy, F. (2001) 'Understanding and Verbal Regulation' In: S.C. Hayes, D. Barnes-Holmes, & B. T. Roche (eds). Relational Frame Theory: A Post-Skinnerian Account of Human Language and Cognition. New York: Plenum. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
O'Hora (2013) 'Age-Related Task Sensitivity of Frontal EEG Entropy During Encoding Predicts Retrieval'. Brain Topography, :1-11.  [DOI] [Details] |
| O'Hora (2013) 'Using action dynamics to assess competing stimulus control during stimulus equivalence testing'. Learning and Behavior, :1-15. [DOI] [Details] |
| Tammemagi, T., O'Hora, D. & Maglieri, K. A. (2013) 'The effects of a goal setting intervention on productivity and persistence in an analogue work task'. Journal Of Organizational Behavior Management, . [Details] |
| Hyland, J., O'Hora, D., Smyth, S. & Leslie, J. C. (2012) 'Sequential responding in accordance with temporal relational cues: A comparison of ’Before’ and ’After’'. The Psychological Record, 62 (3):463-484. [Details] |
| Gould, E,Tarbox, J,O'Hora, D,Noone, S,Bergstrom, R (2011) 'TEACHING CHILDREN WITH AUTISM A BASIC COMPONENT SKILL OF PERSPECTIVE-TAKING'. Behavioral Interventions, 26 :50-66. [DOI] [Details] |
| Slattery, B,Stewart, I,O'Hora, D (2011) 'TESTING FOR TRANSITIVE CLASS CONTAINMENT AS A FEATURE OF HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION'. Journal Of The Experimental Analysis Of Behavior, 96 :243-260. [DOI] [Details] |
| Tarbox, J., Zuckerman, C.K., Bishop, M.R., Olive, M.L., O'Hora, D. P (2011) 'Rule-Governed Behavior: Teaching a Preliminary Repertoire of Rule-Following to Children With Autism'. The Analysis of Verbal Behaviour, . [Details] |
| Cassidy, S., Roche, B.T., O'Hora, D. (2010) 'Relational frame theory and intelligence'. European Journal of Behaviour Analysis, 11 :37-52. [Details] |
| O'Hora, D,Pelaez, M,Barnes-Holmes, D,Rae, G,Robinson, K,Chaudhary, T (2008) 'TEMPORAL RELATIONS AND INTELLIGENCE: CORRELATING RELATIONAL PERFORMANCE WITH PERFORMANCE ON THE WAIS-III'. Psychological Record, 58 :569-583. [Details] |
| Dymond, S., O'Hora, D., Whelan, R., O'Donovan, A. (2006) 'Citation analysis of Skinner’s Verbal Behaviour: 1984-2004'. The Behaviour Analyst, 29 :75-88. [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Maglieri, K. (2006) 'Goal statements and goal-directed behaviour: A relational frame account of goal setting in organizations'. Journal of Organizational Behaviour Management, 26 :131-170. [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Pelaez, M., Barnes-Holmes, D. (2005) 'Derived relational responding and performance on verbal sub-tests of the WAIS-III'. The Psychological Record, 55 :155-175. [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D., Roche, B., Smeets, P. (2004) 'Derived relational networks as novel instructions: A possible model of generative verbal control'. The Psychological Record, 54 :437-460. [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D., Roche, B. (2004) 'A relational frame approach to instructional control'. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 4 (2):262-284. [Details] |
| Mc Hugh, L., Barnes-Holmes, Y., O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D. (2004) 'Perspective-taking: A relational frame analysis'. Experimental Analysis of Human Behaviour Bulletin, 22 :4-10. [Details] |
| O'Hora, D,Roche, B,Barnes-Holmes, D,Smeets, PM (2002) 'Response latencies to multiple derived stimulus relations: Testing two predictions of relational frame theory'. Psychological Record, 52 :51-75. [Details] |
| Cabello, F., O'Hora, D. (2002) 'Addressing the limitations of protocol analysis in the study of complex human behaviour'. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 2 (2):115-130. [Details] |
| Roche, B., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D., Stewart, I., O'Hora, D. (2002) 'Relational Frame Theory: A new paradigm for the analysis of social behavior'. The Behavior Analyst, 25 (1):75-91. [Details] |
| Cabello, F., Barnes-Holmes, D., O'Hora, D., Stewart, I. (2002) 'Using visual basic in the experimental analysis of behavior: A brief introduction'. Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 20 :17-20. [Details] |
| O'Hora, D,Barnes-Holmes, D (2001) 'The referential nature of rules and instructions: A response to instructions, rules, and abstraction: A misconstrued relation by Emilio Ribes-Inesta'. Behavior And Philosophy, 29 :21-25. [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D., Roche, B. (2001) 'Developing a procedure to model the establishment of rule governance'. Experimental Analysis of Human Behaviour Bulletin, 19 :11-13. [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D. (2001) 'Stepping up to the challenge of complex human behaviour: A response to Ribes-Inesta’s response'. Behaviour and Philosophy, 29 :59-60. [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Tammemagi, T., O'Hora, D & Maglieri, K. A. (2012) The effects of goal-setting on feedback requests Irish Ergonomics Society Annual Conference 2012 [Details] |
| O’Hora, D., Schinkel, S., Hogan, M. J., Kilmartin, L., Keane, M., Lai, R. & Upton, N. (2012) Age-related task sensitivity of frontal EEG entropy during encoding predicts retrieval Galway Neuroscience Day, NUI Galway [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. & Cummins, B. (2012) Creating a safety culture: What are the consequences Irish Ergonomics Society Annual Conference 2012 [Details] |
| O’Hora, D., Gravina, N., Faulkner, B. & Edwards, R. (2011) Developing behaviour-based solutions that last: Examples from industry Irish Ergonomics Society Annual Conference 2011 [Details] |
| Griffith, J., Hayes, C., Madden, M., O'Hora, D. & O'Riordan, C. (2010) AICS 2010: Proceedings of the 21st National Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science AICS 2010: 21st National Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science [Details] |
Conference Paper
| O'Hora, D., Dale, R. Mainstream Psychology. Annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. New Orleans, USA: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D. The Acquisition and Maintenance of Complex Instructional Control and Rule Governance: Some Empirical Analyses. inaugural World Conference on ACT, RFT and the New Behavioural Psychology. Maynooth, Co. Kildare: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. Tricks: Developing Novel Functional-Analytic Approaches to Established Areas of Research. annual conference of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Chicago, U. S. A: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Gravina, N., Faulkner, B., Edwards, R. (2011) Developing behaviour-based solutions that last: Examples from industry. Proceedings of the Irish Ergonomics Society Annual Conference. San Francisco CA, U. S. A: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Stewart, I., Barnes-Holmes, D., McHugh, L., O'Hora, D. (2010) Derived relational transfer of contextual control over non-arbitrary relational responding: A possible model of pragmatic verbal analysis.. Behavior Analytic Explorations of Cognition, annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis Interational. San Antonio, Tx: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Slattery, B., Stewart, I., O'Hora, D. (2010) Hierarchical categorization: Testing and training unidirectional inclusiveness. A Relational Frame Analysis of Transformation of Functions and Hierarchical and Analogical Responding, annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis Interational. San Antonio, Tx: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Stewart, I., Slattery, B., O'Hora, D. (2009) Modelling hierarchical relational responding.. Experimental Analysis of Complex Human Behavior: Disambiguation of Relational Networks and Transformations of Functions Through Hierarchical and Analogical Relations, 3rd World Conference on ACT, RFT and Contextual Behavioral Science. Enschede, Holland: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Sigurjonsson, J., Leader, G., O'Hora, D., Stewart, I. (2008) Derived Relations and Electrophysiological Activity: Individual Alpha Frequencies during Training and Testing of Equivalence Classes. Contemporary Issues in Stimulus Control I; annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. Chicago, Il., USA: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Sigurjonsson, J., O'Hora, D., Leader, G., Stewart, I. (2008) Manipulating Biological Variables: Some Noteworthy Advances in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recent Theoretical Developments and Empirical Findings From Beyond the Borders of Behavior Analysis; annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. Chicago, Il., USA: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Slattery, B., Stewart, I., O'Hora, D. (2008) Concept Acquisition, Categorization and Stimulus Equivalence: A Review of Current Cognitive and Behavior Analytical Literature, with Implications for Future Research. Recent Theoretical Developments and Empirical Findings From Beyond the Borders of Behavior Analysis; annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. Chicago, Il., USA: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Hourihane, A., McGuire, B., O'Hora, D. (2007) Mindfulness-based stress reduction for managing chronic pain. Irish Pain Society Conference. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Stewart, I., Barnes-Holmes, D., McHugh, L., O'Hora, D. (2007) Contextual Control Over Non-Arbitrary Relational Responding: Further Empirical Investigations. New Methods in the Experimental Analysis of Relational Responding: New Tricks for Old Dogs; annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. San Diego, Ca: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Shields, C., O'Hora, D. (2006) The application of positive self-talk and one-minute timings to a dart-throwing task. Behavioural Approaches to Health and Fitness; annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Tyndall, I., Thompson, R. (2006) Further research on orthographic and phonological interference during stimulus equivalence test trials. Contemporary Issues in Stimulus equivalence: Nodal distance, Phonological interference and Non-arbitrary response options; annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Maglieri, K., Houmanfar, R., O'Hora, D. (2006) The impact of Pay-For-Performance on organizational culture: A review of the literature and a proposed theoretical account. Behavioural Approaches to Changing Organizational Culture; annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Gdansk, Poland: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Maglieri, K. (2006) Goal statements and goal-directed behaviour: A novel behavioural approach to goal setting in organizations. Relational Frame Theory Goes to Work! Addressing the Verbal Nature of Workplace Behaviour; annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. London, England: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Shields, C., O'Hora, D. (2006) The application of Precision Teaching to sport. Behavioural Approaches to Health and Fitness; annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Connor, S., Roche B.T., O'Hora, D. (2006) How to raise your child's IQ with Relational Frame Theory (and magic): Putting multiple exemplar training to the test. Reaching Out from the Lab: Applications of Research on Derived Relational Responding to Complex Behaviour; annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Shields, C., O'Hora, D., Bones, R. (2005) The application of precision teaching to sport. Precision Teaching and Sport; convention of the European Association for Behaviour Analysis. Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Connor, S., Roche, B., O'Hora, D. (2005) Developing a psychological intervention to raise IQ: Contributions from relational frame theory. Behavioural approaches to clinical problems; convention of the European Association for Behaviour Analysis. Chicago, U. S. A: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Shields, C., O'Hora, D., Bones, R. (2005) The Application of Precision Teaching to Point Accuracy in Fencing. Behaviour Analysis and Physical Education; annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Leslie, J., O'Hora, D. (2005) Bibliometric analysis of the impact of JEAB on behavioural neuroscience. Conceptual Issues; convention of the European Association for Behaviour Analysis. Gdansk, Poland: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Dale, R. (2005) Semantic and syntactic bootstrapping: Experimental analyses. Experimental, Computational, and Observational Analyses of Complex Language Behaviour; annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. New Orleans, USA: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Shields, C., O'Hora, D., Bones, R. (2005) Application of precision teaching to point accuracy in fencing. annual convention of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Thompson, R., O'Hora, D., Tyndall, I. (2005) Arbitrary and non-arbitrary interference in derived relational responding. Further advances in research on derived relational responding and the transformation of stimulus functions; convention of the European Association for Behaviour Analysis. Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Tyndall, I., Thompson, R. (2005) Phonological and orthographic interference in derived relational responding. annual convention of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Tyndall, I., O'Hora, D. (2005) Orthographic and phonological interference in derived relational responding. Experimental, Computational, and Observational Analyses of Complex Language Behaviour; annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Shields, C., O'Hora, D., Bones, R. (2005) Precision teaching and fencing. Precision Teaching and Sport; convention of the European Association for Behaviour Analysis. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Dymond, S., O'Hora, D., Whelan, R., O'Donovan, A. (2005) Citation analysis of Skinner’s Verbal Behaviour. Conceptual Issues; convention of the European Association for Behaviour Analysis. Gdansk, Poland: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Maglieri, K. (2005) A relational frame approach to goal setting in organizations. annual convention of the Psychological Society of Ireland. New Orleans, USA: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Connor, S., Roche, B., O'Hora, D. (2005) The quest to raise IQ: Finding hope in multiple exemplar training. Novel Interventions and Procedures in the Study of Derived Relational Responding; annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Chicago, U. S. A: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Cabello, F., O'Hora, D., Blasco, S. (2004) A computerized tool for the categorization of verbal protocols. Easy and Powerful: Developing Experimental Software with the Visual Basic Programming Language; annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Dale, R., O'Hora, D. (2004) A behavioural approach to semantic and syntactic bootstrapping. Issues in the Experimental Analysis of Human Language; annual convention of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Gdansk, Poland: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Pelaez, M., Barnes-Holmes, D., Robinson, K., Chaudhary, T. (2004) Before and After relational responding and the WAIS-III. Behavioural Investigations into Issues from Mainstream Psychology; annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. New Orleans, USA: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Shields, C., O'Hora, D., Bones, R. (2004) The application of precision teaching to a component skill in soccer: the five-yard pass. New Directions in Behaviour Analytic Research; annual convention of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Pelaez, M., O'Hora, D. (2004) The concept of intelligence and derived relational responding. Behavioural Investigations into Issues from Mainstream Psychology; annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D. (2004) Understanding rule governance requires a functional definition of reference and specification in the listener. Contemporary Conceptual Issues in the Analysis of Verbal Behaviour; annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. National University of Ireland Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Dale, R. (2004) Sequential responding and syntactic development. conference of the Experimental Analysis of Behaviour Group. New Orleans, USA: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Shields, C., O'Hora, D., Bones, R. (2004) Precision teaching and sport. New Directions in Behaviour Analytic Research; annual convention of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Pelaez, M., Barnes-Holmes, D., Robinson, K., Chaudhary, T. (2004) Responding in accordance with before and after relations and performance on the WAIS-III. Issues in the Experimental Analysis of Human Language; annual convention of the Psychological Society of Ireland. New Orleans, USA: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D. (2003) Discriminative control of generalized instructional control: a preliminary empirical model of pliance?. The Acquisition and Maintenance of Complex Instructional Control and Rule Governance: Some Empirical Analyses; annual conference of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. London: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Pelaez, M., Barnes-Holmes, D., Amesty, L. (2003) Derived relational responding as human language: Evidence from the WAIS-III. Derived Relational Responding and Human Language: Evidence from other Psychological Traditions; annual conference of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Pelaez, M., Barnes-Holmes, D. (2003) Performance on a derived relational responding task predicts performance on verbal sub-tests of the WAIS-III. On the Relationship Between Derived-Relational Responding, Equivalence Relations and Human Language; conference of the European Association for Behaviour Analysis. Toronto, Canada: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Pelaez, M., Barnes-Holmes, D. (2003) Performance on a derived relational responding task predicts performance on verbal subscales of the WAIS-III. Derived relational responding and human language: Analyses and implications for mainstream psychology; annual conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. San Francisco CA, U. S. A: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D., Pelaez, M. (2003) Derived relational responding as a behavioural model of complex language phenomena. Derived relational responding and human language: Analyses and implications for mainstream psychology; annual conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Cork, Ireland: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D. (2003) Consequential control of generalized instructional control. The Acquisition and Maintenance of Complex Instructional Control and Rule Governance: Some Empirical Analyses; annual conference of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Pelaez, M., Barnes-Holmes, D. (2003) A comparison between performance on a relational framing task and performance on verbal ability sub-scales of the WAIS-III. Derived Relational Responding and Human Language: Evidence from other Psychological Traditions; World Conference on ACT, RFT and the New Behavioural Psychology. Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D. (2003) A relational network model of complex instructional control: demonstrating antecedent control of generalized instruction following. The Acquisition and Maintenance of Complex Instructional Control and Rule Governance: Some Empirical Analyses; World Conference on ACT, RFT and the New Behavioural Psychology. Waterford, Ireland: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D., Roche, B. (2002) Instructional control and ‘specifying’ sequences of responses. annual conference of the Experimental Analysis Of Behaviour Group. Linkoping, Sweden: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D. (2002) Colourless green ideas sleep peacefully at last: A relational frame theory account of grammatical responding. Issues in a Modern Behaviour Analysis of Human Language; annual meeting of the Behaviour Analysis in Ireland Group. Toronto, Canada: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D. (2002) Complex instructed sequences and grammatical responding. Language: Modern Behavioural Analyses; annual conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Maynooth, Co. Kildare: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2002) Behavioural psychology and the problem of verbal control. Behaviour Analysis and Language 1: A New Perspective; Annual Interdisciplinary Research Colloquium. Boston, U. S. A: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D., Roche, B. (2002) A relational network approach to instructional control: Implications for a behaviour analytic interpretation of syntax. Modelling Human Cognition using Relational Frame Theory; annual conference of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Bunratty, Co. Clare, Ireland: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D., Roche, B. (2001) A novel approach to instructional control. Addressing Human Language and Cognition from a Behavioural Perspective; annual conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Linkoping, Sweden: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Stewart, I., Roche, B., Barnes-Holmes, D., O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, Y. (2001) The mechanism-contextualism debate: A relational frame analysis. Philosophical Issues arising from a Mechanistic Approach to the Experimental Analysis of Behaviour; annual conference of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2001) Skinner V Chomsky - The re-match: Addressing the generative nature of verbal behaviour. Paper presented at the inaugural Annual Interdisciplinary Research Colloquium. Parma, Italy: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D., Roche, B. (2001) A functional-analytic model of rule governance: Developing a procedure. Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks II: Investigating the Utility of Novel Functional Analytic Approaches to Human Behaviour; annual conference of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Atlanta, U. S. A: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes D., Roche, B. (2001) Addressing the specifying properties of contingency specifying stimuli. annual conference of the Experimental Analysis Of Behaviour Group. University of Ulster, Jordanstown: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes D., Roche, B. (2001) Establishing specifying properties in previously neutral stimuli. annual conference of the Experimental Analysis Of Behaviour Group. University of Ulster, Jordanstown: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D., Roche, B. (2001) A novel approach to instructional control: Some experimental analyses. Addressing Human Language and Cognition from a Behavioural Perspective; annual conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Boston MA, U. S. A: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Barnes-Holmes, D., Hayes, S. C., Fox, E., Gifford, E., Wilson, K., Dymond, S., O'Hora, D. (2001) Derived relational responding, multiple stimulus relations and the transformation of stimulus functions as learned behaviour. Relational Frame Theory I (Basic Analysis): Constructing a Post-Skinnerian Approach to Language and Cognition; annual conference of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Atlanta, U. S. A: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Barnes-Holmes, D., O'Hora, D., Roche, B., Hayes, S.C., Dymond, S. (2001) Understanding, self, and rule-governance. Relational Frame Theory I (Basic Analysis): Constructing a Post-Skinnerian Approach to Language and Cognition; annual conference of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Atlanta, U. S. A: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D. (2000) Relational Frame Theory: Rules in the laboratory. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Behaviour Analysis in Ireland Group. Washington DC, USA: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Barnes-Holmes, D., Barnes-Holmes, Y., O'Hora, D., Stewart, I., Roche, B. (2000) A relational frame analysis of deductive reasoning: creating a conceptual framework. Exploring the Empirical Implications of Relational Frame Theory; annual conference of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Atlanta, U. S. A: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Roche, B., Barnes-Holmes, D., Smeets, P. (2000) Response latencies to the derived relations of more than, less than, same, and opposite. Exploring the Empirical Implications of Relational Frame Theory; annual conference of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Washington DC, USA: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Barnes-Holmes, D. (2000) Relational Frame Theory: Rules (okay). Paper presented at the annual conference of the Behaviour Analysis in Ireland Group. Washington DC, USA: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Roche, B., Barnes-Holmes, D. (1999) Relational framing in accordance with same, opposite, more than, and less than: A response latency analysis. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Washington DC, USA: Conference Paper [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Roche, B. (1998) A comparison of response latencies and accuracy of responses to the derived stimulus relations Same, Opposite, More Than, and Less Than. Paper presented at the Student Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. London, England: Conference Paper [Details] |
Conference Poster
| Hyland, J. M., O' Hora, D., Leslie, J. C., & Smyth S. (2009) The effect of reversal on reproduction of observed temporal sequences. 31th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Conference Poster [Details] |
Workshops
| Stewart, I., Barnes-Holmes, D., McHugh, L., & O'Hora, D. (2010) Derived relational transfer of contextual control over non-arbitrary relational responding: A possible model of pragmatic verbal analysis. Paper presented at the symposium: Behavior Analytic Explorations of Cognition, held during the annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis. Paper presented at the symposium: Behavior Analytic Explorations of Cognition, held during the annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis. San Antonio, Tx., USA: Workshops [Details] |
| Slattery, B., Stewart, I., & O'Hora, D. (2010) Hierarchical categorization: Testing and training unidirectional inclusiveness. Paper presented at the symposium: A Relational Frame Analysis of Transformation of Functions and Hierarchical and Analogical Responding, held during the annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis. Paper presented at the symposium: A Relational Frame Analysis of Transformation of Functions and Hierarchical and Analogical Responding, held during the annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis. San Antonio, Tx., USA: Workshops [Details] |
| Tammemagi, T., O'Hora, D.P., & Maglieri, K. (2009) Dynamics of goal-directed behaviour: The search for the optimal goal. Annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Phoenix, USA. Workshops [Details] |
| Tammemagi, T., O'Hora, D.P., & Maglieri, K. (2009) The effects of goal level and goal attainment on productivity and persistence. Annual conference of the Experimental Analysis of Behaviour Group, London, England. Workshops [Details] |
| Tammemagi, T., O'Hora, D.P., & Maglieri, K. (2009) An experimental analysis of the dynamics of goal-directed behaviour: Productivity and persistence. Annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Phoenix, USA. Workshops [Details] |
| Hyland, J. M., O' Hora, D., Leslie, J. C., & Smyth S. (2009) The effect of Before and After instructions on the latency and accuracy of sequential responding. Annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Phoenix, USA. Workshops [Details] |
| Maglieri, K. O'Hora, D.P. & Houmanfar, R. (2009) An Introduction to Pay-For-Performance Systems and their Effects on Employee Performance. Annual conference of the Division of Behaviour Analysis, Psychological Society of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. Workshops [Details] |
| Tarbox, J. J., Zuckerman, C. K., & O'Hora, D. P. (2009) Rule-Governed Behavior: Teaching Children with Autism a Preliminary Repertoire of Rule-Following. Annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Phoenix, USA. Workshops [Details] |
| Hyland, J. M., O' Hora, D., Leslie, J. C., and Smyth S. (2009) Syntactic bootstrapping and sequential responding: The acquisition of novel stimulus functions through syntactic exclusion. Annual conference of the Experimental Analysis of Behaviour Group, London, England. Workshops [Details] |
| Sigurjónsson, J.G., O'Hora, D., Stewart, I. and Leader, G. (2009) Is behaviour analysis being left behind? Some recent advances in biological sciences. Annual conference of the Division of Behaviour Analysis, Psychological Society of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. Workshops [Details] |
| Stewart, I., Slattery, B., & O'Hora, D. (2009) Modelling hierarchical relational responding. . Paper presented at the symposium: Experimental Analysis of Complex Human Behavior: Disambiguation of Relational Networks and Transformations of Functions Through Hierarchical and Analogical Relations, held during the 3rd World Conference on ACT, RFT and Contextual Behavioral Science. Enschede, Holland: Workshops [Details] |
| Gould, E., Noone, S., Tarbox, J. J., & O'Hora, D. P. (2009) Relational Frame Theory And Teaching Foundational Perspective-Taking To Children With Autism. Annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Phoenix, USA. Workshops [Details] |
| Slattery, B. W., Stewart, I. & O'Hora, D., (2009) Concept Acquisition, Categorisation and Stimulus Equivalence: A Review of Current Cognitive and Behaviour Analytical Literature, with Implications for Future Research. Annual conference of the Division of Behaviour Analysis, Psychological Society of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. Workshops [Details] |
| Sigurjónsson, J.G. & O'Hora, D. ( (2009) Frequency vs. power analysis of EEG signals in the analysis of stimulus equivalence. Annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Phoenix, USA. Workshops [Details] |
| Tammemagi, T., O'Hora, D.P., & Maglieri, K. (2009) Developing a behavioural account of the effects of goal level and goal attainment on employee productivity and persistence. Annual conference of the Division of Behaviour Analysis, Psychological Society of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. Workshops [Details] |
| Silke, C. & O'Hora, D.P. ( (2009) Personality Characteristics that Predict Performance under Positive and Negative Goal Conditions. Annual conference of the Division of Behaviour Analysis, Psychological Society of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D., Tyndall, I. T. & Sigurjónsson, J.G. (2008) The Effect of Phonological and Orthographic Interference on Stimulus Equivalence Relations. Annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, U. S. A. Workshops [Details] |
| Hyland, J. M., O' Hora, D., Leslie, J. C., and Smyth S. (2008) Time after time: Analysing complex temporal relational responding using a dual-task procedure. Annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, USA. Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. & Dale, R. A. (2008) Lessons from Psycholinguistics: Current trends and findings from mainstream psychologies of language. Annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, USA. Workshops [Details] |
| Slattery, B. W., Stewart, I. & O'Hora, D., (2008) Concept Acquisition, Categorisation and Stimulus Equivalence: A review of current Cognitive and Behaviour analytical literature, with implications for future research. Annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, USA. Workshops [Details] |
| Hyland, J. M., Leslie, J. C., O' Hora, D. P., & Smyth, S. (2008) Temporal Relational Responding: From basic Animal Processes to Complex Human Behaviour. Annual convention of the British Psychological Society (Northern Ireland Branch) Carlingford, Co. Louth. Ireland. Workshops [Details] |
| Sigurjónsson, J.G., O'Hora, D., Stewart, I.T. & Leader, G. (2008) Manipulating biological variables: Some noteworthy advances in cognitive neuroscience. Annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, USA. Workshops [Details] |
| Sigurjónsson, J.G., Keane, M.A., O'Hora, D., Stewart, I.T. & Leader, G. (2008) Derived relations and electrophysiological activity: Individual alpha frequencies during training and testing of equivalence classes. Annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, USA. Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2006) Presented a poster promoting the MSc in Applied Behaviour Analysis at the University of Ulster at the annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Cork, Ireland: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2005) Behavioural Investigations into Topics from Mainstream Psychology. annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Boston, U. S. A: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2003) Derived Relational Responding and Human Language: Evidence from other Psychological Traditions. annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Bunratty, Co. Clare, Ireland: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2003) Derived Relational Responding and Human Language: Analyses and Implications for Mainstream Psychology. annual conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Boston, U. S. A: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2003) On the Relationship Between Derived-Relational Responding, Equivalence Relations and Human Language. conference of the European Association for Behaviour Analysis. Linkoping, Swedens: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2003) The Acquisition and Maintenance of Complex Instructional Control and Rule Governance: Some Empirical Analyses. World Conference on ACT, RFT and the New Behavioural Psychology. San Francisco, U. S. A: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2003) The Acquisition and Maintenance of Complex Instructional Control and Rule Governance: Some Empirical Analyses. annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. San Francisco, U. S. A: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2003) Derived Relational Responding and Human Language: Evidence from other Psychological Traditions. World Conference on ACT, RFT and the New Behavioural Psychology. London: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2002) Applying Relational Frame Theory to Human Language: Experimental Analyses. annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Boston, U. S. A: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2001) Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks II: Investigating the Utility of Novel Functional Analytic Approaches to Human Behaviour. annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. San Francisco, U. S. A: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2001) A Behavioural Perspective on the Development of Complex Verbal Skills. annual conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Cork, Ireland: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2001) An Introduction to the Comprehensive Application of Behaviour Analysis to Schooling (CABAS). annual conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Cork, Ireland: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2001) Philosophical Issues arising from a Mechanistic Approach to the Experimental Analysis of Behaviour. annual convention of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Linkoping, Swedens: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2001) Addressing Human Language and Cognition from a Behavioural Perspective. annual conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Cork, Ireland: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2000) Dancing with the Devil Part 1: Tackling Mentalism with Relational Frame Theory. conference of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Boston, U. S. A: Workshops [Details] |
| O'Hora, D. (2000) Functional Analytic Definitions in Behaviour Analysis: It's Time to Take Them Seriously. conference of the Association for Behaviour Analysis. Bunratty, Co. Clare, Ireland: Workshops [Details] |
Associations
| Association: Association for Psychological Science, Function/Role: Full member |
| Association: Cognitive Science Society, Function/Role: Full Member |
| Association: Association for Behavior Analysis International, Function/Role: Full member |
| Association: British Psychological Society, Function/Role: Associate Fellow and Chartered Psychologist |
Honours and Awards
| Year: . Title: Government of Ireland Scholarship in the Humanities and Soci |
| Year: . Title: Crucible Fellowship (NESTA UK) |
Teaching Interests
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Dynamical Cognitive Science Experimental Behavior Analysis (e.g., stimulus control, EAB, EAHB) Organizational Behavior Management (e.g., goal setting, feedback) Research Skills (e.g., training students on computer packages such as SPSS, XL, R, E-Prime, Psyscope X, Matlab) Applied Behavior Analysis, (e.g., acquisition of language and cognition, verbal behavior, rule-governed behavior) |
Recent Postgraduates
| Dr. Chris Shields, University of Ulster at Coleraine (2003-2007) PhD Thesis title: “Analysis and development of sports performance using Precision Teaching” Co-supervisors: Dr. Robert Bones, University of Ulster at Coleraine Funded by: Department of Education and Library Board (DEL) Northern Ireland, studentship Registered: September, 2003 Graduated: December, 2007 Currently undertaking training in clinical psychology Dr. John Hyland, University of Ulster at Coleraine (2006- 2010) PhD Thesis title: “How do we order responses in time? Comprehensive analyses of derived relational responding in accordance with Before and After” Co-supervisors: Professor Julian Leslie, Dr. Sinead Smyth, University of Ulster at Coleraine Funded by: Vice Chancellor’s Research Studentship (University of Ulster) Registered: September 2006 Graduated: July, 2010 Currently faculty member at Dublin Business School, Dublin, Ireland Jón Grétar Sigurjónsson, NUI Galway (2006-2011) PhD Thesis title: “Electroencephalography (EEG) and Stimulus Equivalence” Thesis Committee: Dr. Geraldine Leader, Dr. Ian Stewart and Dr. Mike Keane, NUI Galway Funded by: Self funded (Icelandic student) Registered: March 2006 Currently faculty member at Lehman College, City University of New York |